Planning application
Bensons Farm Bolton Road Abbey Village Chorley PR6 8DT
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Application for a certificate of lawfulness for an existing use of land for mixed domestic/equestrian purposes
As published by the council, reference 26/00281/CLEUD
Application record
- Reference
- 26/00281/CLEUD
- Type
- Certificate of Lawfulness (Existing Use)
- Status
- Granted
- Decision
- Grant Cert of Lawfulness for Est Use
- Received
- 26 Mar 2026
- Validated
- 26 Mar 2026
- Decided
- 21 May 2026
- Ward
- Chorley North East
- Parish
- Withnell
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
- Postcode
- PR6 8DT
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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26 Mar 2026
Received by Chorley
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21 May 2026
Decision issued: Grant Cert of Lawfulness for Est Use
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24 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
10 documents on file for this application
A planning file usually holds the application form, drawings and site plans, consultee responses, the officer's report and the decision notice.
Trade members open them from here.
Open the documentsWhat a grant of permission means
The process from here
Permission has been granted, usually subject to conditions listed on the decision notice, some of which must be discharged before work starts. The decision notice on the council portal sets out exactly what was approved.
Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses. Neighbours cannot appeal a grant; challenging one means judicial review of how the decision was made, within tight time limits.
About lawful development applications
How this application type works
A lawful development certificate is a legal determination, not a planning judgement. It asks the council to confirm either that existing use or works are lawful, often through the passage of time, or that a proposal would not need planning permission at all. The applicant must prove the facts; the merits of the scheme are not considered.
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